John T
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Kurt Kempton is one of the best speakers in the Industry. Totally entertaining as well.
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There starting to post pics of the PWRA Convention on the PWRA bulletin board.
Looks like one of the biggest shows this Industry has had in yrs!!!
Anyone who's there who would also like to post about it here for others to see..please do.
Oh yea, pop in some pictures if you can as well-- very cool:)
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That cyclone looks very impressive. A demo with that machine to property companies would sell itself very quickly.That's pretty much their strategy. They demo the Cyclone all over he place. I can't remember who actually owns the Cyclone but the company is worth something like 700 million dollars if not more. They also sell sweepers,scrubbers etc.
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I forget the height of it. It's around 6'3"...somewhere about that and this Cyclone can be used for many different types of large flatwork cleaning jobs such as parking garages. It's a complete closed loop system and "Supposedly" can run 8 hrs continuously before you have to drain all the dirty water out of it and refill it with fresh water.
I tried this machine in Vegas and it worked pretty good and if it can do all they claim it can, for some it maybe worth the Investment but it sure ain't cheap-- aprox $125,000
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So what is the zamboni looking vehicle, John?That's the newest Cyclone that has air condition in it....ahhhhhhhhhhhhh No I don't own one but driving an aircondition vehicle for powerwashing--- Yea I could do that:)
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My dad is still out there a few days each week. He just got started in this business a couple years ago though.Some people just love being out in the field.. I always did. Reason why I chose this business is because I never wanted to be a "Desk Monkey". Thumbs up for your Dad!!
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It seems I never really get away from the physical end of my business. My wife runs all of the office end. We have Employee's but yet I always find myself doing physical labor--- its probably what I do best anyway. Every day I tinker and fix equipment. The picture below is more my speed as far as doing the actual cleanings. I also do once in awhile go out at night to do some commercial flatwork myself because of scheduling conflicts.
So how about you 50+ in age business people out there. What's your "Physical end" of your business are you doing such as cleanings etc.
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I love Disney World in Florida. Took may family there a few times over the yrs. We also when I was a kid went there when they first open.... Just a great place to visit and at least for kids they'll never forget it. I heard the Disney cruises are awesome as well---My kids kids(When they have them) will have find out about that one:)
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I guess I was looking at this all wrong then. I thought I had to plumb to different lines for the unloader. One into the unloader and one out of it to keep the loop flowing and the pump cool internally.It's pretty easy to set up Joel. 1 hose from the bypass side of the unloader to the feed tank & you'll be good to go.
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I like enclosed trailers as well and did have at one time a Landa hot water skid inside of one. Once I started doing Parking garages a few yrs back it was no longer an option for me to have my burners in an enclosed trailer since height is an issue in the garages.
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What do you guys/gals think about doing a contest every now and then to give away used equipment? I just did this twice on Mike's bb(of course I still have to mail out the used equipment to the winners there).
Instead of having this stuff sit on our shelves maybe we can give some of this stuff away here to someone who may have a use for these things.
What do you guys think here? Do you find it sleazy to give away used things to our fellow contractors?
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For years I never did and I had all kinds of problems not doing that. From leaves falling into the stacks to continuous rain pouring in their I had many problems with past burners so now we cover them when not in use. The drawback is a couple of times the guys used the burners and realize a few minutes later the stack covers were still on--my luck.. But they still get covered all the time when not in use.
Do you guys have stack caps for your burners?
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You better believe I did. My guys were watching from afar and said I looked like Zorro with the blower. I was reaching behind myself with the other hand to feel my way while watching this pitbulls teeth. It was funny after my heart stopped going 300 miles a minute.So how does a dodging pit bull compare to an actual bull coming at you full speed ahead to gore the heck out of ya?? This Question Rob by far is the only question you and you only can answer in this Industry. Your by far the bravest guy I know who can deal with something like this without a firearm at your side.
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Speaking of locked up......I wish I had not tried to pet my customers dog over the chain link fence today right before I was to go into to wash his pool deck.He nailed me right in my forearm.....no dr. But I am going to take off till Monday or so.
That sucks Al. What kind of dog was that?
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Hope you are ok Al. I never mess with any dog anymore. Just had one attack me on a property we do landscaping for. Luckily pitbulls don't like leaf blowers in their mouths. I filled him with enough air to make a run for it.Lol.. So you turned the dog into a thanksgiving day float..lol
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Apologies .....Hey Al-- I don't know if that was directed towards me and if it was thank you. If it wasn't either way I always appreciate your insightful post and your honesty.
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Hey Amy-- I just sent you a PM:)
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Hey Amy-- responded to your post on another bb.
Good to see that you reached out to this bulletin board as well which has been top of the line professional for the longest that I know of in the Powerwashing Industry when it comes to Powerwashing bulletin boards.
www.thegrimescene.com has been around 10 yrs now and this bulletin board has raised the bar tremendously thru-out the Powerwashing Industry since its inception.
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LOL the fifth is what got us...Cant wait for the next event to be held so I can go straighten some guys out...Lol..Don't waste your time. The truth always comes out. Guys who try to get recognition by attacking peoples character because they can't back themselves up with anything noteworthy will bite them in the azz in the end. They get NOWHERE!!
You should be at the PWRA Convention. I wish I could be there because its going to be a dynamite of a show for newbies and Guys with 20+yrs in this Industry.....
Maybe will catch their 2nd one next year:)
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Last two times I heard stories like that involved a little guy backing up a bouncer and a speaker getting in the way of a truck at Sonic.I plead the 5th:)
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That's why where still around John but it's never easy. Every year we go thru the same cycles and sometimes we get lucky by having some good size commercial work thrown it at the right time...sometimes.
The flip side is we can get over inundated with work which to me is always a good problem to have but still is never easy to deal with.
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I removed this post. I just got a phone call from a good friend in this Industry who advised me to remove it. Thought it would help guys out in this Industry to be careful but apparently now I have the usual 3-4 guys directing people to this post for the sole reason to attack my character. I did this to show I make mistakes and I'm sorry to the ones who could learn from my mistakes.
I am not perfect like these few like to tell others they are.
Lesson learned which is the reason I love TGS. I still learn from bb's like this all the time.
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Last time I was in Florida a couple of years ago we ate Alligator down by the keys. It was pretty good. It's good to be the dominant species:orange:
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yupp the phones back on timed perfectly with our schedule too .. seems like theres a lot less competition this time of year during estimates people just want to get it doneYup same here. That's the beauty of this time of year. Also some companies have crapped out already as the season goes on so competition is less now then what we hit every spring.
PWRA Convention is Huge!! Post thoughts/pics here.
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Can't wait to see some more pictures.